Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
September 18, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 18, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter UBGINOT
Spelling Bee for September 18, 2020

words: 95
score: 701 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 1
compounds: 8
bingo: yes

B x 23
G x 8
I x 5
N x 9
O x 9
T x 14
U x 27

5L x 14
6L x 22
7L x 31
8L x 13
9L x 9
10L x 4
11L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
B 3 8 10 1 1 - - 23
G - 1 6 1 - - - 8
I - 1 - 2 2 - - 5
N - 3 4 1 - 1 - 9
O 1 2 2 1 - 2 1 9
T 4 2 7 1 - - - 14
U 6 5 2 6 6 1 1 27
tot 14 22 31 13 9 4 2 95

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BI x 2 BO x 6 BU x 15
GI x 1 GO x 2 GU x 5
IN x 5
NO x 5 NU x 4
OU x 9
TO x 2 TU x 12
UB x 1 UN x 26

cmp 5 6 7 8 10 11 tot
B - 1 - - - - 1
O 1 1 1 1 2 1 7
tot 1 2 1 1 2 1 8

debut appearances 25

BOUTING, BUTTONING, OUTBUTTING, UNBOOTING, UNBUTTONING

word       length      
BINIOU 6
BIOUNIT 7
BOGUING 7
BOUBOU 6
BOUGING 7
BOUNING 7
BOUTING 7 perfect pangram
BOUTON 6
BUGGING 7 debut
BUGONG 6
BUGOUT * 6
BUNGING 7
BUNGO 5
BUNGU 5
BUNION 6 debut
BUNNING 7
BUNTING 7 debut
BUNTINGI 8
BUNTON 6
BUTTING 7 debut
BUTTON 6 debut
BUTTONING 9 pangram, debut
BUTUT 5
GIBNUT 6
GOUGING 7 debut
GOUTING 7
GUBBING 7
GUITGUIT 8
GUNGING 7
GUNNING 7 debut
GUTTING 7 debut
INTUBING 8
INTUIT 6
INTUITING 9 debut
INTUITION 9
INTUNING 8
NOBBUT 6
NONTUITION 10
NONUNION 8 allowed elsewhere
NONUNIT 7
NOUNING 7
NUBBIN 6 debut
NUBBING 7
NUNTII 6
NUTTING 7
OUNGING 7
OUTBUTT * 7
OUTBUTTING * 10 pangram
OUTGO * 5
OUTGOING * 8 debut
OUTGUN * 6
OUTGUNNING * 10 debut
OUTING 6 debut
OUTTONGUING * 11
TONGUING 8 debut
TOUTING 7 debut
TUBBING 7
TUBBO 5
TUBING 6 debut
TUBOG 5
TUGGING 7 debut
TUITION 7
TUNING 6 debut
TUNNING 7
TUTIN 5
TUTTI 5
TUTTING 7 debut
TUTUING 7
UBUNTU 6
UNBIT 5
UNBITING 8
UNBITT 6
UNBITTING 9
UNBONING 8
UNBOOT 6
UNBOOTING 9 pangram
UNBUNG 6
UNBUNGING 9
UNBUTTON 8 debut
UNBUTTONING 11 pangram, debut
UNGOT 5
UNGUT 5
UNGUTTING 9
UNION 5
UNIONING 8
UNITIG 6
UNITIGGING 10
UNITING 7 debut
UNITION 7
UNNOTING 8
UNNUN 5
UNNUNNING 9
UNTIN 5
UNTINNING 9
UNTUNING 8 debut

* compound(ish) word

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